Randy Niemann vs. Carlos Silva — Career Comparison

Randy Niemann
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carlos Silva
Gen XVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carlos Silva built a career as a starting pitcher and Randy Niemann as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Randy Niemann led in home run suppression (HR9+ 294 vs 96), strikeout rate (K%+ 80 vs 60), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 98). Carlos Silva held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 269 vs 108). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Randy Niemann.

Pitching Stats for Randy Niemann and Carlos Silva

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.29
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.3
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.32
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.51
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.64
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
645
4.68
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3725
27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1241.2
9
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
9.86
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1496
10.84
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.84
10.84
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.11
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.69
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.73
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
4.59
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
4.02
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.638
0.638
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.5
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.23
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
39.82
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5319
38.55
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.62
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.28
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
5.04
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
687
4.98
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.31
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.86
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.16
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
34.78
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4959
35.94
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Randy Niemann and Carlos Silva

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.29
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.3
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3725
27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1241.2
9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.72
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.67
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
1.17
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.39
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.75
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.39
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.71
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.434
0.434
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.747
0.747
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Randy Niemann and Carlos Silva

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
122
2218.18
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
2670.42
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
490.14
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
32.79
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
4.94
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
9
76.06
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
46.1
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-18.46
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
22
185.92
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
4.71
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
3.23
3.23
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Carlos Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
76.06
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
Carlos Silva
Career
Per 600 PA